The Detroit Tigers announced third baseman Brandon Inge underwent surgery on Tuesday to address the chronic patellar tendinitis in both of his knees that plagued him throughout the 2009 season, a procedure performed by Dr. Stephen Lemos at the Detroit Medical Center.
The procedure involved the debridement and repair of the patellar tendon in both his left and right knees.
Inge will be non-weight bearing for the first six weeks as he regains full range of motion. At that time, he will begin a strengthening and rehabilitation program to prepare him for Spring Training and the 2010 season.
According to the projected timetable, Inge is expected to be ready for the start of Spring Training in February.
Inge had a great start to the season and rode that hot start to an unexpected All Star game invitation. But his second half numbers were abysmal. On July 2nd Inge was sporting a robust 275/367/521 line spanning his first 77 games. Over his next 84 games he’d only muster a 189/266/309 line. The knees, which started acting up in mid June, were often blamed for Inge’s second half slide.
I hope the knees that are now repaired are directly connected to a better batting average. Inge really with 50-60 points on his average would be a much more tolerable and even enjoyable.I know thats a big IF. I would like Inge to heal quickly and lets maybe see what he can do. I was just reading the cut down post and with what we have to work with money wise and roster wise, it mostly look like “we got what we got”. So there does not look like a not a ton of room for F/A guys
One last thing, Its November, I have voted and baseball is still going. While I am a Tiger fan and a baseball fan in general, I have had my fill of baseball. I know its popular now but this is a bit much. >> Bilfer this might be a great winter post, fill in some not much news days AND I would bet there would be some great ideas spawned from it.
Steve
The filing has begun.